bret. >> bret: kristin, thank you. up next one of the senate races that could tilt the balance of power is in iowa. we'll take you there for a status report when we return. a look at nashville's most famous street. this is broadway in nashville. home to honky-tonks and bars. a lot of great country music. in fact, this place is the start to a lot of entertainers that got their start here. the honky-tonk highway. back in the 1930's. now it is home to the debate tomorrow night here in nashville. special report continues. after this. ♪ ♪ since pioneering the suv in 1935, the chevy suburban has carried many things. nothing more important than family. introducing the most versatile and advanced chevy suburban and tahoe ever. ♪ >> bret: welcome back to nashville. the capital city of the beautiful state of tennessee. another middle american state, home to one of the key senate races this election cycle. tonight correspondent garrett tenney in davenport looks the iowa. >> robbery senate joni ernst is trying phoned off a c

bret. bret: jacqui heinrich, thank you. let's bring in former new hampshire congressman ford jr., julie face and washington post columnist marc thiessen. julie, the president waving to supporters outside of the hospital. the white house correspondents association putting out a statement saying that they weren't told about this, and it kind of created a reaction. what about this move, the president wanting to do a hat tip to the people outside? >> well, i think there are a couple of things here. one, or we've been hearing from the sources that the president is feeling cooped up in the hospital. he wants to get out as soon as possible. but if you look at some of those images, some of those secret service agents, you know, the president of the united states has coronavirus which is extremely contagious. he is in a closed-off, sealed-off vehicle right now putting u.s. secret service agents at risk. i think that that's not something that we should lose sight of right now. there is certainly an interest in getting out and waving

bret. bret: jacqui heinrich, thank you. let's bring in former new hampshire congressman ford jr., julie face and washington post columnist marc thiessen. julie, the president waving to supporters outside of the hospital. the white house correspondents association putting out a statement saying that they weren't told about this, and it kind of created a reaction. what about this move, the president wanting to do a hat tip to the people outside? >> well, i think there are a couple of things here. one, or we've been hearing from the sources that the president is feeling cooped up in the hospital. he wants to get out as soon as possible. but if you look at some of those images, some of those secret service agents, you know, the president of the united states has coronavirus which is extremely contagious. he is in a closed-off, sealed-off vehicle right now putting u.s. secret service agents at risk. i think that that's not something that we should lose sight of right now. there is certainly an interest in getting out and waving

bret. >> bret: rich, thank you. let's bring in pollster frank luntz with more reaction to last night's debate. frank, good evening. i know you had a focus group. you have 13 people, eight states. what was the overall impression? >> they were still disappointed after the 90 minute session that they didn't have more details, more specifics. they really do want plans from these candidates and that's why they were still undecided. when the dust settled, they felt strongly the donald trump have been superior on the economy. the number one issue. it's an issue people are not ideological, who are not driven towards the left or the right, i have sound from last night that explains why they thought donald trump won on the economy. >> fracking is a big thing. there's a lot of money involved. >> they have to tell you how they're going to do it. >> biden's tax plan, a 50-cent is worried about it, i am worried about it too. >> we thought that would be enough. they are coming to a decision. most of the group had either voted for

. >> bret: john, thank you. we are looking live at the walter reed national medical center. let's talk about how the president has handled the diagnosis, treatment, messaging as well as the president's prognosis for recovery. senior political analyst brit hume with dr. janice, a fox news contributor. doctor, let me start with you. his doctors sound positive today. he is obviously going to the white house, but one line caught everybody and perked ears saying, he's not out of the woods yet. your thoughts on him heading back this evening? >> sure, bret, he has 74 years old, his gender, his age, and his weight put him at a substantially higher risk of complications for coronavirus. but as of today as of right now, his vital stable in oxygen level normal limits, not a peep ran 72 hours and is feeling well. no respiratory complications and no difficulty breathing, shortness of breath or cough. he will receive his fourth dose of remdesivir, the drug to help stop the virus from replicating in the body. then he will head

bret. >> bret: that's true. warren, thank you. up next, the panel on possible changes to the presidential debates, including perhaps a mute button. keep your button right here. ♪ whatever road you take, make sure your tires are ready to get you there safely. right now at midas, buy three cooper tires, and get one free. find your tires at midas.com and get one free. hi, i'm dorothy hamill. even as i look toward 65, one thing hasn't changed i still love getting on the ice. which means i need to stay healthy. now, as i'm thinking about selecting a medicare plan, i know i want one that has the kind of coverage that takes a total approach to my health. one that connects all the different parts of my health care to keep me aging actively. did you know that aetna medicare advantage plans take a total, connected approach to your health? starting with the benefits you want, like $0 monthly premiums. dental, vision and hearing. and telehealth so you can see a primary care doctor remotely from the comfort and safety of home. and a monthly

hey, bret baier. >> bret: did you see that hair? like princess leah danish is on the size of my head. we will see you, thanks, juan. good evening and welcome to washington, i'm bret baier. breaking tonight, history on capitol hill, uncertainty on wall street and enthusiasm in pennsylvania. there are eight days to go before election day and president trump is out hosting several events in pennsylvania while the former vice president also popped into the keystone state late today. investors on wall street showing their concerns over the coronavirus spike and lack of new government help in the storm to form of a stalled stimulus, the dow finishing in the red 650 after being off by almost a thousand points earlier in the day. the s&p 500 lost 64, the nasdaq fell 189. meantime, the u.s. senate is poised to confirm president trump's third u.s. supreme court nominee. the process, after the death of justice ruth bader ginsburg, just before the election has caused huge controversy and prompted democrat boughs of retribution. what that would

bret. >> bret: thank you. walmart says it's removing all guns and ammunition from our sales for this week. at the retail giant says it wants to prevent any potential thefts if stores are looted during social unrest. walmarts says customers can purchase both upon request. concluding our special series on the big issues in the campaign with a focus on crime. here is national correspondent william la jeunesse. >> riots and looting, murder spike in u.s. cities. police shot in the line of duty. how important is it to voters? >> very important. the only candidate that can ensure safety in the community. >> it's not a local thing, it's all the way around. >> crime fighter a president's role? >> it's not just a local level but state level. the national level, all eyes are on this right now. >> typically a local issue but increasingly experts say it's not perceived that way. >> often times, the united states, murderers are going on. the proper thing to say would be to say, well, two-thirds of the country virtually on t

i'm bret baier. breaking tonight, we are following three big stories at this hour appeared just a short time ago, president trump's said the commander in chief has tested negative for the coronavn consecutive days. this on his way to a rally in florida as he restarts his campaign as his opponent you see on screen there, joe biden holding a rally at another swing state, ohio. back here in washington, the confirmation broke on capitol hill with opening statements and plenty of political rhetoric, setting the table for hours of questioning, which starts tuesday morning. republicans on the committee touted his status as a law professor and legal scholar. democrats focusing on the process taking place 22 days ahead of a presidential election and on health care with a case involving the affordable care act, the obamacare set to be heard by the supreme court on november 10th. judge barrett said she would apply the law as written. fox news legal correspondent, anchor at fox news at night, shannon has a bird'

bret? >> bret: thanks. up next, the panel comes back to discuss the president's return to the white house and the vp debate tomorrow night. beyond our borders, turkey top diplomat travels in a show of solidarity with the decades-old conflict with armenia. the two countries are battling over separatist territory. heavy fighting in the region has killed scores of servicemen and civilians since late last month. we will have a detailed story on the fighting tomorrow. secretary of state mike pompeo says china's increasingly assertive actions across the region make it more credible, critical than ever for into specific regions to cooperate. he is urging foreign ministers from japan, india and australia to protect each other and their people from what he calls china's exploitation, corruption, and coercion. just some of the other stories beyond our borders tonight as we had to break. what's being cooked up here in salt lake city. >> bret: great spot for breakfast. really a great spot for any meal. one of the oldes

let's go to bret baier. "special report" starts now. >> bret: thank you. good evening and welcome to washington. i am bret baier. breaking tonight, looking live at the south lawn of the white house. on october surprise the likes of which america has never seen especially in an election year. president trump and first lady melania trump are in quarantine tonight after testing positive for the coronavirus. the president will work from walter reed medical center for the next few days. his upcoming events are being postponed or changed to virtual. there is no word on how this might affect the remaining debates officially. what comes next, the president is moving to walter reed. our chief white house correspondent john roberts begins our coverage of his most extra ordinary developments, extraordinary few days. good evening, john. >> it's another one of those pictures you never thought you'd ever see. marine one sitting on the south lawn of the white house waiting to transport the president to walter reed national military medical center because the president ha

bret and martha, bac back to yo. >> bret: eric thank you. >> martha: let's hear from one of the members of the joe biden team, senator chris coons in delaware, senator, good to have you with us this evening. thanks for being here. >> great to be on with you tonight. >> martha: it is great to have you with us as always, thank you, senator. the last debate was pretty raw. what do you expect tonight? >> well and expect it will be a little bit more orderly. i was in cleveland, and i've never seen anything like that. frankly, tonight i think we will see vice president pence who by the way a radio and television commentator and talk show host delivering a more measured defense of the trump administration record. and we will see my colleague senator kamala harris of california, explaining and advocating how a biden/harris to bring us together to get us through the pandemic and build back on the economy. i do think vice president pence who is the chair of the coronavirus task force will have a hard time answering questions about how successful that task force has been when the president and fir

bret? >> bret: thank you. see cemex he has suspended its political editor after he lied about his twitter feed being hacked after an exchange with a former trump aide who is noah trump critic. we now have specifics tonight about steve scully. good evening. >> when they tapped c-span's steve skelly to moderate the debate tonight he seemed like a logical choice. >> it a big task but we are ready for it. >> a 30-year veteran of the nonprofit network, he spans the washington journal host, spares for your opinions and was the backup moderator in 2016, but c-span suspended him indefinitely for lying. president trump had initially assailed the jos of scully. it was once a college intern for joe biden and ted kennedy. >> this guy scully turned out to be a fraud. look at scully, he was an ever-trumper. >> and the president pounced in on a twitter message in which scully asked anthony scaramucci for advice on responding to trump. scully then claimed to be a hacking victim and there was skepticism because twice before in

i'm bret baier. amy coney barrett is vowing to bring no agenda to the bench should she get confirmed. senators continue at this moment to question barrett on a variety of hot button issues. we are monitoring the hearing for any news, we will turn around those sound bites and they are about to take a break shortly during our show. today's questioning, obviously, more confrontational than monday's opening statements but nowhere near the composition for supreme court justice we heard on capitol hill. fox news chief legal correspondent, anchor of "fox news at night" shannon bream has been on the hill all day and she has highlights now. >> good evening. abortion, gun control and from the affordable care act to court packing, judge amy coney barrett remains in the hot seat and she is continuing tradition of not telegraphing exactly how she decided any particular case and she is working hard tonight to convince the senators she comes to the bench with no agenda. >> i'm not willing to make a deal, not what t

. >> bret: good evening and welcome to washington, i'm bret baier. it president trump us taking much of his reelection pitch with just two and a half weeks until voting day on his response to the coronavirus, you see there live in florida, the president finishing up his second event, he's making his way to macon, georgia, for a rally at the top of the hour. president trump participated in a town hall meeting at the same time joe biden was involved in another on a different channel. chief white house correspondent john roberts starts us off tonight. >> today it was a day of policy and politics, the two things tend to blend in president trump's world. early voting begins on monday and polls show a race that's up for grabs. president trump began a busy day of campaigning with a seniors event in fort myers telling them he's living proof a senior citizen can beat that coronavirus. >> we reached a point with a fatality rate is reduced by 85% since april and now it's up to 91%. i'm here, i'll tell you. >> the president again promising to fast-track vaccines

. >> bret: good evening, i'm bret baier. breaking tonight and we are following the storm track of hurricane delta as it closes in on the louisiana coast, we will have life team coverage first. president trump says he's feeling great and is eager to get back on the road following his bout with covid-19. his campaign says he will appear at a rally monday, he is also expected to show up at a white house event tomorrow -- he participated in what was billed as the largest virtual rally in history on the radio this afternoon with rush limbaugh. it came as house speaker nancy pelosi begins what could be a constitutional challenge to the president's authority. corresponded kevin corke reports tonight from the north lawn of the white house. >> looking forward to that rally on monday, the first chance for most americans to get a chance to see the president since his covid-19 diagnosis and not just that rally coming up on monday, there's that event at the white house tomorrow and with the election just a few days away, it's clear that

bret and martha. >> bret: peter, thank you. >> martha: here now with what to expect from kamala harris to my former presidential candidate and former mayor of south bend, indiana pete buttigieg playing vice president pence and mock debates to get senator harris ready for this, good to see you tonight. thank you for being here with us. we appreciate it. you know, you heard peter doocy's piece outlining a number of flip-flops on medicare for all, which senator harris said she was for. and then she said she was advanced. the question of me too issues and also flip-flopped there in marijuana as well in terms of how serious of a crime that is. did you guys work on that in the mock debate scenario? >> well, i'm looking forward to tonight because it will be a chance to focus on what the american people are most concerned about peer the white house abject failure to protect the american people from the coronavirus, which has destroyed lives and such damageo our economy. the failure of the president to keep th

bret. >> bret: rich, thank you. up next, the latest from the tony bobulinski allegations and the hunter by then business deal story. first, here's what some of the fox affiliates around the country are covering tonight. fox 29 in philadelphia, the national guard arrives to help the state and local law enforcement agencies maintain peace following looting and unrest sparked by the officer involved fatal shooting of an african-american man. a state and local patrol cars have been posted on virtually every block in center city protecting border businesses there. fox 2 in san francisco starts her two months prison sentence for her role in the college admission scandal reported to the federal correctional institution in dublin, california. a live look at new york from our affiliate fox 5, when then the big stories there tonight, a stop work issued for a skyscraper under construction in midtown manhattan. last night, a crane began spinning and strong when sending debris falling to the ground below. fortunately, no one was

: good evening and welcome to nashville, tennessee, come on bret baier on bret baier. >> martha: i martha maccallum, this is the site of tonight's second and final presidential debate, we are getting ready during the next two hours during music city usa. >> bret: we will speak to surrogates for both campaigns, nikki haley from the trump team and pete buttigieg representing vice president biden. >> martha: brand-new developments in the story of the biden family business ventures overseas, an investigation is gaining traction tonight as we headed to this evenings debate. >> bret: one of the recipients of an email from hunter biden is confirming its authenticity, actually several emails and text messages and shedding some new light on the families role in a business arrangement with a chinese company. mike emanuel is in washington with the very latest. >> hunter biden's former business partner on a chinese energy deal breaks his silence unloading text messages, emails, and documents he claims are about hunter biden's overseas business dealings and interaction with joe biden. in a may 19th 20

bret baier. >> bret: good to see you guys out there, breaking tonight -- more than a dozen people are facing charges of planning what amounts to an insurrection in michigan featuring the targeting of law enforcement, attacking the state capital, and the kidnapping of the state's democratic governor, an elaborate plot foiled by federal authorities. corresponded to garrett tenney has details tonight, good evening. >> federal prosecutors say this group was actively planning and preparing for this operation which they planned to carry out before election day, according to the criminal complaint, the six suspects who had ties to a militia group were planning to kidnap michigan governor gretchen whitmer at their vacation home and take her to a secure location in wisconsin for a "trial." the fbi says the group has been training for the operation for the past few months with combat drills, gathering materials for explosives and conducting surveillance of the area to better plan their attack, largely organized by the suspects adam fox and barry croft. >> in particular according to the complain

bret. >> bret: we will be there. peter doocy live in wilmington, thanks. ♪ democracy 2020, now more than 28 million people have already voted as we began the last two full weeks of campaigning. early in person voting is underway in florida while the issue of mail-in voting continues to spark controversy throughout much of the nation with more potential legal challenges ahead. we have fox team coverage tonight. hillary vaughn in wisconsin looks at the factors americans are considering as they decide how to vote. first correspondent phil keating is outside a pole location in miami. good evening. >> good evening to you. the very first day in florida of early in person voting wraps up in just about 50 minutes for most of the state -- the panhandles on the central site so they will do another hour. a steady stream of voters all day with lines around some locations even in the rain early this morning. this is a live look right now at some democracy in action. early voting in the big ballot on state of florida, which both

"special report" is up next with bret. >> bret: i can guess, jesse. thank you, good evening welcome to washington i am bret baier. following tonight, two big stories. chaos over covert spikes and european lockdowns. new state and national polls and violence and looting in philadelphia. we will go live there shortly as authorities brace for another night of protests after the fatal police shooting of a black man. president trump and joe biden continue to campaign in vastly different ways as we enter the final week before election day. the massive sell-off on wall street tied to investors and the fears of the new coronavirus surge. and its effects on the global economy. we begin with politics. joe biden sticking close to home, voting and making remarks about the coronavirus in wilmington, delaware. president trump is in arizona tonight trying to keep what was once a reliable republican state from turning blue. he is making a speech right now and goodyear following an earlier appearance in bullhead city. tomorrow, but the president joe biden campaign in

bu>> bret: good evening and welcome to washington, i'm bret baier. they are serious questions for joe biden this evening following the publication of emails allegedly belonging to his son hunter that contradict or seem to the nominee's insistence that two never discussed business dealings with ukraine. there are concerns about the authenticity about how this hard drive makes it to the fbi, but as we look into that, two social media giants are hitting pause on the potential bible story until fact-checkers way in and that's creating its own uproar. we'll begin with a confirmation's hearings for the u.s. supreme court nominee amy coney barrett. she took questions over whether a president could legally pardon himself and whether her involvement in the disputed election of 2,000 disqualify her should it happen again this year but much of the inquiry had harsh political overtones. shannon bream has highlights tonight from the confirmation hearing room. >> date 2 of questioning was marked by some technical problems and some delays but we also got a look at

. >> bret: and i'm bret baier live in nashville, tennessee, where president donald trump and former vice president joe biden will square off for the final time. >> martha: first, we are going to hear live from a man who is really at the center of the story today regarding the hunter biden emails, chief white house correspondent john roberts is following this for us tonight, a lot of new developments here, good evening. >> we expect in the next few minutes, it was supposed to happen at 6:00 central time which is right about now but things typically don't come off exactly on time when it comes to the white house -- we are expecting to hear from tony bobulinski who was a business associate of hunter and jim biden, jim biden. there is an email that has been talked about for the last few days in which bobulinski and hunter biden and jim biden are discussing this idea of what the percentage cuts will be of the deal of a chinese energy company and of the cuts listed, 10% is for the big guy. in a statement to fox news earlier today saying the big guys referring to joe biden, he also goes on to s

. >> bret: good evening to fox news headquarters in new york, breaking tonight there is renewed optimism that the trump administration of house democrats may agree on the last minute coronavirus relief package before the election. today's negotiations ended about an hour ago without conclusion but a promise of another round tomorrow on specifics. right now, president trump is on his way to a campaign stop in a crucial battleground state of pennsylvania. the event in erie begins at the top of the hour. earlier today, treasury secretary steve mnuchin and house speaker nancy pelosi continued narrowing their differences, on how much to spend, how to do it, the question is can the president get senate republicans to go along with the big plan that may be agreed to hear it whilst redirecting favorably so far even on the prospect of a deal, the dow ending up 113, it was up 350 earlier in the day. the s&p 500 finished ahead 16, the nasdaq was up 37 and a half. now to the nitty-gritty of the talks, chief white house correspondent john roberts standing by with the very latest on the north lawn. >>

can i imagine bret saying that? can you imagine bret saying those things? >> bret: [laughs] no. not in that way. if you let emotion get into your reporting and how you describe things, then it goes over an edge. you go over your skis and you say something that is very opinionated. balance is the key word in this show. i think that balance is how we have to look at it both ways. one is the balance of reporting on what the president did. the president could be balanced as well, showing that he has his photo op and he puts the mask back on. there are people inside the white house complex who have contracted coronavirus. there are a couple housekeepers who have been diagnosed. there are staff. you're right, when you're outside on the porch there's no one around and he wanted to have that picture, fine. with the mask back on when you go back inside. there's balance to it. when covering it, it seems like emotion is been driving a lot of the coverage. >> melissa: yeah. marie, what did you think of that clip we played? >> marie: well, a lot of those reporters or commentators, there were

we bring in "special report" bret baier. the news john roberts told us about more quarantines. >> bret: this person took part of a 90 minute meeting in the tank, a small meeting room in the pentagon. then he was in the rose garden at the white house for a gold star family event. the president was there. you are looking at all of these contacts. this person was diagnosed. so until all joint chiefs get their tests back they are quarantining. the negative test for mark meili came back yesterday. >> dana: and the national security advisor to the president made it clear don't think because we are using caution about the spread of the virus there is any weakness here. >> bret: it's important to send the signal this won't take us down. we will take it down. >> dana: the president said that last night to the civilians. do you think the president will address the nation as was rumored this morning? >> bret: it's possible he will speak again. whether it's a taped video or a real address to the nation. i don't think if will be like a p

bret baier helped me out. now you get people like senator susan collins and even and of the conservatives in the house, saying this is a big mistake for us as a republican party to wait. we have to act now. the american people want action on this economic aid now. >> yes, they do. let's get it out. can you do is piecemeal. it doesn't have to be a slush fund for failed blue states. washington saying 2.2-trillion dollars is too much are you accused of being high on drugs. we spent 3.6-trillion dollars. i don't want to bore you with the numbers, but nancy pelosi is asking for 35 times more money than what the blue states have lost so far in the coronavirus. we are talking a quarter trillion dollars to teacher's unions and half trillion dollars to blue states with no strings attached. give that to bill de blasio and couple couple. -- cuomo. it's a slush fund to buy votes it. this makes people's eyes glaze over and republicans usually cave. we will see what happens. >> greg, the federal chairman powell said, error

let's bring in bret baier. bret, what are your thoughts? we've heard from several of our medical contributors as we await the president to possibly go over there and say something to reporters or maybe just give the signature thumbs up as he walks across the lawn. >> bret: let's set the scene. marine one on the south lawn of the white house. if you look, you can see behind the tail there the reporters and photographers gathered by the steps. this is, you remember, the place where the president delivered the speech for the republican national convention. to the left is the rose garden and it would be to the left side of the screen the oval office, the residence obviously straight up above. the president will be walking out. we don't know if he will talk to reporters or not. this is a moment for america because it was a surprise overnight when the positive test came in. it's a different time when the commander in chief of our country is facing a serious illness. we are told that it's mild symptoms so far but the fact that he's going to walter

i think the moment, bret, it's probably safe to say they are holding off on that one. >> bret: okay. john roberts on the north lawn, thanks. we heard from dr. manny alvarez earlier. let's go to mike emanuel. there's another coronavirus relief package underway. negotiations continuing. the question is, does this change the equation at all? >> great question. good evening. speaker nancy pelosi said she thought it did change the dynamic. that it refocused everyone involved in the talks, showing what a vicious disease this covid-19 news. we know that she spoke for more than an hour this afternoon with treasury secretary steve mnuchin. hearing that there is differences but there was a change in tone this afternoon. majority leader mitch mcconnell in kentucky saying he thought that they were getting closer to an outcome. you know mcconnell very well, as i do. he is not one for hyperbole. he says they are getting closer to an outcome, that's significant. also on the house floor today majority leader steny hoyer, democrat of maryland, since he thought talks might produce a deal this weekend.

bret. >> bret: oh, boy. thank you. former president obama campaigning in florida today for his two-time running mate, the sunshine state is a key swing state and both teams are flooding the zone with surrogates. phil keating is in orlando tonight. ♪ >> former president barack obama back in his element again, delivering another vote for biden campaign speech today outside of orlando's camping world stadium. due to coronavirus, it was driving style, with people in and on top of their cars and trucks and spaced 6 feet apart with supporters honking as applause. in the former president again ripping into trump. >> he hasn't shown any interest in doing the work or helping anybody but himself and his friends. or treating the presidency as anything more than a reality show. that can give him the attention that he craves. >> florida of course is key, if not critical, to both campaigns, but that's what the president 'his daughter, ivanka, is barnstorming the big battleground state today. two campaign events this afternoon, one

so that is quite a tall order for him, bret. >> bret: it will be something to watch. there's a lot of balancing here as we are just now 11 days away from election day and it's a big moment. it's a big moment for both candidates on the stage. standby, we are to restart here from beaumont university. ♪ >> bret: good evening and welcome to the final debate of the 2020 campaign live tonight in nashville, tennessee. i'm bret baier. >> martha: and i'm martha maccallum live inside the debate holcomb on the campus of belmont university tonight. candidates are about to walk out any moment now and make their closing arguments to you, the american people with 12 days to go until this presidential election. >> bret: the first question tonight will go to president trump kicking off the final showdown in a race that almost 50 million americans have already voted. >> martha: extraordinary. tonight's debate is supposed to stick to half a dozen topics selected by the moderator, kristen welker, who we just saw her enter but of course, this is 2020 and anything can happen. based on wh

bret and shannon, great daddy with us tonight. it seems that majority leader is sort of soaking up the moment here and he is holding court on the floor of the senate so we are waiting for the boat to get underway and i want to bring in jonathan turley, george washington law professor and fox news contributor. always great to have you with us, jonathan. thanks for being here tonight. what are you thinking? she will be the 115th supreme court justice on the court. that's not a lot of people when you look at the size of our country. it's an incredibly special moment for the country. so talk to me about what you see unfolding tonight before you. >> what you're about to see is perhaps the most important moment in the modern court's history. her addition to the court promises to be transformative for the court. she's the ultimate deliverable for president trump. you know, republican presidents have insisted that they would put on the court conservatives and also pro-life nominees. she is the ultimate deliverable for that constituency. s

>> bret baier knew it. >> you read the fact sheet? >> yes, and the french look today is really good. >> i thought it was robert wagner again. >> would you like to come up to my apartment and listen to me recite my poems with guitar. >> do you smoke a pipe? >> yes and not hunter's pipe. >> okay, now. to you, bret baier, what do you make of the doj saying this is not a russian disinformation campaign? >> well, that's a big part of the story. i think you will start to see other news organizations start to cover this more intently as this drips out. the president has teased there is a big story to come from the "wall street journal." i am hearing similar things whether it's today, tonight or tomorrow. we will see where this story goes. you had majority garrett with cbs sweating out the doj and fbi believes it is not russian disinformation. and what was said on our air with maria. it's too much not to cover. >> dana, i will go on to twitter to see how many people are tweeting kick, kick, kick boom. i doubt any. >> yes, i have been on twitt

dana perino and bret baier will join me with analysis. president trump still recovering from covid as the white house. doctors saying the president is symptom free and feels great. joe biden taking a break from the trail today. only 27 days until the election and already millions have cast their ballots. >> [loud music playing]. >> bill: a big hour. l.a. mayor and the rnc chair and jason chaffetz and juan williams are here today. john roberts leads live from the north lawn. >> we are still expecting that the president may give a video message before the day is over. we are not clear about that yet. we got an update on the president's health from the white house physician who said the president told him this morning, i feel great. connally adding his vital signs are stable and has been fever free for over 4 days and symptom free for over 24 hours. hasn't needed oxygen since his hospitalization. he said the president's labs defected levels of coronavirus antibodies drawn on monday meaning the president's own immune system is mounting a resp

i will bring in my colleague bret baier to talk about this and the debate commission going forward, bret. he tweeted with anthony scaramucci, the director of the trump campaign, sorry the trump white house for a series of days. >> ten dowels. and this thing went viral and everybody thought, what is going on, but scully said that he had been hacked but later that day, tweets came out that showed scully had been hacked in 2012, 2013 command the story seem to fall apart. where does -- can you imagine if the story broke today and there was a town hall with trump and biden on the same stage in miami? >> that was tonight. it was going to be tonight in miami. this is a big story. this is a big, black eye for the debate commission, which already had black eyes with the way it handled the covid and canceling the debate, going virtual, not telling the campaigns, and then this. you know my want to point to a c-span statement that came out just after this all happened. and this was october 9, last night a tweet from steve scully appeared on his timeline, communicating with anthony scaramucci. he did

, myself, doj and bret's lawyer. bret was off to the side and he asked me what kind of advice to have given your experience with clarence thomas and he said i don't have the voice of god but i'm going to try to channel some of his righteous examination. we went at it for about an hour and a half and it was heated but my view was if you never talk to me again and i've got you ready i'm happy. i think it got him ready for what he was going to be facing in today's. >> fox news alert on the hearing of the year after the meetings and the mudslinging we are 30 minutes away from the start of judge brett kavanaugh's historic and high-stakes confirmation hearing. >> we all knew that everything came down to this. this hearing was going to determine whether brett kavanaugh was going to get through or whether he was going to have to step back as a nominee. >> this morning we will hear from two witnesses, doctor christine blasey ford and judge kavanaugh. >> thank you, senator grassley. i think after i read my opening statement i

i am martha maccallum. >> bret: and i am bret baier. at the university of utah, the candidates are at their marks. we expect the moderator, susan page of "usa today" to get started in just a few moments. >> martha: typically the stakes of the vice presidential debate aren't that high but this is 2020 and everything is different. >> bret: it is 2020, a year rocked by a global pandemic affecting americans come all the way up to the president of the united states. a crippling economy as a result of that and a debate that could shape the law of the land. >> martha: we are in the hush moment as the debate begins and it's nice to be on the side where you are watching this time around. your thoughts on what we are going to see you tonight? susan page getting ready to ask the first question, the first one out of the gate is always an important moment in these events. >> i think you're going to see two very different styles. as you mentioned, mike pence is a very smooth political performer. he was a radio talk show host for a time. he reminds me

hey, bret baier. >> bret: did you see that hair? like princess leah danish is on the size of my head. we will see you, thanks, juan. good evening and welcome to washington, i'm bret baier. breaking tonight, history on capitol hill, uncertainty on wall street and enthusiasm in pennsylvania. there are eight days to go before election day and president trump is out hosting several events in pennsylvania while the former vice president also popped into the keystone state late today. investors on wall street showing their concerns over the coronavirus spike and lack of new government help in the storm to form of a stalled stimulus, the dow finishing in the r

i martha maccallum. >> bret: i'm bret baier, where the live i in the debate hall he on the campus of belmont university and the election has made enough history. were seeing another first tonight in the form of a mute button that will allow the candidates to speak on interrupted for 2 minutes on each topic before opening it up for discussion. >> martha: hearing from the debate commission on stage and they are hoping that this measure will prevent a repeat of last month's rocket debate that some people thought it was a too

bret: i agree. looking at the past couple of days, being pulled up in the residence, there's a lot of tweeting going on. [laughter] stuart: what i particularly enjoyed, i was watching you cover president trump walking out of walter reed. do you know what i enjoyed the most? the site of the helicopter flying all around washington d.c., a terrific shot. it captured the moment, didn't it? our president flying out on marine one, heading back to the white house and television covering, real history as it happens. i was fascinated. bret: it was a shock we just don't see. let it breathe a little bit and as he was flying over, making his way back to the district of columbia, the images of that are historic we will remember that for a long time. stuart: remember and think that's my commute in the chopper bret, will be watching tonight. thank you for being with us today. thank you. saturday night live, a new report says they started restrictions in new york city to get a if audience by paying th them. plus, w

i want to bring in bret baier. senator cruz wrapped up the first few hours today of the questioning with a couple of what i thought were 37,000 foot headlines want the one of them was well we know for sure that judge barrett is going to be confirmed. and then it got political. that's where i come to you to teach us what this really means. he said well know at this how few democrats there are in the room compared to yesterday. what was he getting at? >> bret: you know harris i don't know what he was getting at. some of the senators have chosen to listen in from their offices. maybe he thinks it's about grand standing versus dealing with this confirmation hearing. don't know. obviously kamala harris the vice-presidential nominee made her decision based on her concern about the room and concern about the situation of moving forward under the cdc guidelines. i do want to say that, listen, this is the second day in which judge barrett is very well prepared, in exchange with senator lee, she's mentioning 600 cases. he po

great to have you with us, bret. >> hey, shannon. >> shannon: we wondered how hunter would come up in the president would bring it up but we saw that it came up with a te moderator as well. >> it would come up one way or another. to her credit she had a plan as well, but the president brought it up first. it take a listen to the exchan exchange. >> we have to give 10% of the big man. joe, what is that all about? it's terrible. >> in retrospect anything about the relationships in the appropriate or unethical. >> my son has not made money in terms what you talking about, china. i've not have -- the only guy who made money from china is this guy. >> he's a vice president of the united states and his son, his brother, his other brother are getting rich. there like a vacuum cleaner -- >> president trump, thank you. >> not true. >> there was the feeling like they were moving onto the next topic and you wanted to have more of the exchange by joe biden did definitely turn it to president trump and his taxes not being released. the bank account in china which the president answered. but the to

>> bret: birdbath, that's a new one. good evening, welcome to washington on bret baier and breaking tonight, we are for full campaigning days away from the election. already 80 million of you voted in person or via email. again, 80 million votes already cast. blowing past 2016's early vote of 58 million and depending on the state, there are still days left. the presidential campaign focusing on the handful of key states, crucial elements and their formulas to electoral college victory. the emphasis tonight is on the south. president trump was in tampa ea

with bret baier. someone is going to win. that will be my analogy. >> greg: jokes with pizza with bret baier in utah but it's too late now. >> dana: maybe i will try if i have one. i want to talk about volunteer firefighters in new jersey. my friend, jenny landers saw a crow that was up in the tree and to her surprise, she saw it again friday. it turned out the crow was tangled in fishing line. and other crows had come and perched on a tree. she thought, they were trying to encourage it to free itself. she called the fire company, and volunteer training run, came right over and they retrieved the bird. the officers, the letter operator, they got the bird fre. isn't that nice? >> dagen: i rescued a bird on saturday. i found it in the street. >> dana: in new york? where do you take it? >> dagen: it recovered, but you can take it to the wildlife rescue. >> dana: a special dome xp 29 is up next with bret baier and let's see if he will buy me a pizza. >> thank you medina. new york just down the road from the studio and i'm bret ba

bret baier, thank you for the guidance on all this. i really appreciate it. good to see you. ahead of the senate confirmation vote tonight, democrats, as bret baier just told you, were absolutely apoplectic. the darkest day in the history of the senate chuck schumeret sd from new york. they threatened there would be consequences to what you just saw. the democratic senator from connecticut, richard blumenthal said this. >> our republican colleagues are shattering the norms and breaking the rules and breaking their word, and there will be consequences. there inevitably are consequences when one person breaks her or his word. h >> tucker: her or his word. that's amy coney barrett of course he's talking about and the idea is that she would somehow undo obamacare entirely, invalidate it. there is no indication in previous decisions that she would do something like that that's been a consistent talking point among democrats for the past several weeks. listen to cory booker who, by the way, voted himself to undo, to abolish obamacare. listen to cory booker warn you that amy coney b

bret, good to see you. an interesting debate from my perspective. but i kept asking, given our new voting system, how meaningful will it be to the outcome, do you think? >> couple things to take into account. 50 million people have already voted. a ton of people as far as the vote. t we don't know how high it will go. they're already in the bag. they voted, cast their ballots no difference there. but potentially makes a difference. donald trump in 2016 closed late. he had what the trump campaign characterizes as a tipping point. now, i will say it was different. hillary clinton was a different candidate. you had jim comey and this investigation that popped up late in the situation. but they're looking at the debate last night as saying to republicans, the trump campaign, you need to come home, this is the guy that can be -- s this is the kind of issues that you need to come home and vote for the republican. and they think that they can move swing states, battleground states by two or three points. the biden campaign, tucker, spend today cleaning up

good to see you tonight, bret -- or this morning, i should say. okay, so, there was obviously a lot of talk about covid, what comes next, therapeutics, vaccines, i know that caught your eye tonight, and your ear. >> right. first of all, it was a much different debate in tone and tenor from last week and a presidential debate. it was much more controlled, much more disciplined, much more polished, and those words can be used to describe vice president pence. i think the democrats, when they talked about him this week being a very good debater, had reason to say that, because he was on his game tonight. kamala harris, the senator did land some punches on covid-19, as you mentioned, and there was a focus at the beginning, but it ended up with his back and forth about vaccines. take a listen. >> if dr. fauci, if the doctors tell us that we should take it, i'll be the first in line to take it, absolutely. but if donald trump tells us that we should take it, i'm not taking it. >> your continuous undermining of confidence in a vaccine -- it's just unacce